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  • Writer's pictureEmily Herr

Astronomers Spot a New Galaxy Supercluster

Astronomers have found a new Galaxy supercluster. This supercluster has been said to have been traveling for over 12 billion years to reach our telescopes and is forming stars faster than the Milkyway. The new cluster has been named SPT2349 ?56 it has been classified as a protocluster because it is so old and could be one of the first clusters formed. Cluster SPT2349 ?56 was spotted by a telescope in the South Pole, astronomer Matthew Ashby was one of many astronomers to conduct observations with the Hubble telescope, the Gemini observatory, and more. Astronomers say that there are over 20 galaxies merged within the supercluster and that they suspect Cluster SPT2349 ?56 will become one of the brightest superclusters to ever exist. All in all the discovery of this new cluster will come to provide a direct view of how superclusters come to be so bright.

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